WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:16.920 The makers of Camel Cigarettes present Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, private detective. 00:16.920 --> 00:45.480 Music 00:45.480 --> 00:47.880 How mild can a cigarette be? 00:47.880 --> 00:49.080 Martha Tilton knows. 00:49.080 --> 00:50.280 H.C. Opinza knows. 00:50.280 --> 00:51.480 Vaughn Monroe knows. 00:51.480 --> 00:58.200 Yes, so many stars whose voices are their fortunes know it's camels for mildness. 00:58.200 --> 01:03.480 They choose camels because they know that camels get along with their throats. 01:03.480 --> 01:09.000 Make the 30-day camel mildness test and see how mild, how flavorful, 01:09.000 --> 01:11.880 how thoroughly enjoyable a cigarette can be. 01:11.880 --> 01:25.040 Here transcribed is Richard Diamond, private detective, starring Dick Powell. 01:41.880 --> 01:48.520 Mr. Diamond? 01:48.520 --> 01:49.800 Back here behind the socks. 01:49.800 --> 01:52.040 Careful with the clothesline. 01:52.040 --> 01:53.400 I thought you were a detective. 01:53.400 --> 01:55.320 Oh, it's been a rumor for some time. 01:55.320 --> 01:57.320 Do you always do laundry in the office? 01:57.320 --> 01:58.320 Only on Fridays, honey. 01:58.320 --> 01:59.320 Have a seat, Miss... 01:59.320 --> 02:00.320 Caspery. 02:00.320 --> 02:04.760 I'll be right with you, Miss Caspery, as soon as I ring out these...as soon as I ring them 02:04.760 --> 02:05.760 out. 02:05.760 --> 02:06.760 Go right ahead. 02:06.760 --> 02:07.760 There, there. 02:07.760 --> 02:14.680 All right, Miss Caspery, what can I do for you? 02:14.680 --> 02:15.680 It's Mrs. 02:15.680 --> 02:19.200 Well, now, what's it all about? 02:19.200 --> 02:20.880 My husband's going to kill me. 02:20.880 --> 02:22.920 Just frisky or has he got a reason? 02:22.920 --> 02:27.200 I found out he's been stealing from his partner and when I faced him with it, he threatened 02:27.200 --> 02:28.200 me. 02:28.200 --> 02:29.640 Has he done anything more than threaten? 02:29.640 --> 02:32.920 Last night he went out and said he'd be gone for most of the evening. 02:32.920 --> 02:37.360 I went to bed and about an hour later, I thought I heard somebody start upstairs. 02:37.360 --> 02:41.160 I got frightened and put pillows in my bed to make it look like I was sleeping. 02:41.160 --> 02:42.160 Was it your husband? 02:42.160 --> 02:45.840 I hid in my dressing room and watched and then the door opened. 02:45.840 --> 02:49.080 It was too dark to tell, but I'm sure it was Phil. 02:49.080 --> 02:54.440 He came in and had a knife and he jabbed the pillow several times before he realized it 02:54.440 --> 02:56.240 it wasn't a real body. 02:56.240 --> 02:57.240 Couldn't he see? 02:57.240 --> 02:58.240 What do you mean? 02:58.240 --> 03:01.240 Well, there are some things a guy remembers. 03:01.240 --> 03:04.400 Even if you slept in a diving suit, you'd have a hard time hiding them. 03:04.400 --> 03:06.080 I like lots of covers. 03:06.080 --> 03:08.920 Yeah, you said Phil. 03:08.920 --> 03:11.640 Is your husband Phil Caspery, the gambler? 03:11.640 --> 03:13.760 Yes, he and Max Bruner are in business together. 03:13.760 --> 03:14.760 Yeah, I know. 03:14.760 --> 03:15.840 The rooftop club. 03:15.840 --> 03:18.560 An iron claw with a cover charge. 03:18.560 --> 03:22.800 This morning Phil said he was going away on a business trip, but I don't believe him. 03:22.800 --> 03:25.320 I'm afraid he's going to try killing me again. 03:25.320 --> 03:29.280 I want you to come around about eight and protect me. 03:29.280 --> 03:30.280 Here's a hundred dollars. 03:30.280 --> 03:31.280 That should cover it. 03:31.280 --> 03:32.280 Thanks, thanks. 03:32.280 --> 03:33.280 We might be up late. 03:33.280 --> 03:36.040 Maybe I should bring a good book. 03:36.040 --> 03:37.840 You'll strain your eyes. 03:37.840 --> 03:46.440 I like dark rooms. 03:46.440 --> 03:50.480 She got up then and walked slowly across the room like a big cat that had just finished 03:50.480 --> 03:52.440 eating its keeper. 03:52.440 --> 03:55.200 She stopped at the door and smiled a promise. 03:55.200 --> 04:04.180 I thought how Sampson must have looked with a crew cut. 04:04.180 --> 04:08.760 Round one, I stopped in at the corner of 51st and Broadway for a bite of lunch. 04:08.760 --> 04:14.080 I killed part of the afternoon at the newspaper morgue, looking up the past files of one Phil 04:14.080 --> 04:15.680 Caspery. 04:15.680 --> 04:18.640 No convictions but a bundle of arrests. 04:18.640 --> 04:23.680 The partnership with Max Bruno had earned some big type from time to time, and it seemed 04:23.680 --> 04:28.520 that Mr. Caspery's partner, Max, was quite a favorite with the local authorities. 04:28.520 --> 04:30.800 They had nailed him twice. 04:30.800 --> 04:35.720 The first time, Uncle Sam sent him away for missing too many March 15ths. 04:35.720 --> 04:40.520 The second was when I remembered a rookie cop caught him with a gun. 04:40.520 --> 04:44.960 The parole board said shame and sent him up for the rest of the stretch. 04:44.960 --> 04:49.560 I went back to the apartment dressed, and by eight o'clock I was ringing Mrs. Caspery's 04:49.560 --> 04:55.600 doorbell. 04:55.600 --> 04:58.000 The skin of my back crawled up and sat on my head. 04:58.000 --> 05:01.520 Whoever was dying was doing it the hard way. 05:01.520 --> 05:06.600 The door was locked, so I gave it the benefit of one of my shoulders. 05:06.600 --> 05:09.920 It was one of those heavy panel jobs with the will of its own, but finally the hinges 05:09.920 --> 05:14.160 got tired and gave up. 05:14.160 --> 05:17.480 I stumbled into the living room and came up with my 38. 05:17.480 --> 05:21.880 The screams had stopped, and I knew the only reason she had given up yelling was because 05:21.880 --> 05:27.280 she had given up living. 05:27.280 --> 05:32.280 She was sprawled in the bed, but she didn't look anything like she had that afternoon. 05:32.280 --> 05:33.960 The killer had made sure of that. 05:33.960 --> 05:34.960 He'd used a knife. 05:34.960 --> 05:38.800 And now, she just didn't look like anything. 05:38.800 --> 05:42.880 I took a quick look around and found no one so headed for the phone on the nightstand 05:42.880 --> 05:45.060 to call homicide. 05:45.060 --> 05:47.200 He must have been standing behind the door. 05:47.200 --> 05:52.360 When I turned, he gave it to me. 05:52.360 --> 05:55.720 He used something heavy enough to split a block of cement. 05:55.720 --> 06:00.280 It caught me across the nose, and I went down like an express elevator. 06:00.280 --> 06:05.400 While I was thinking the floor looked silly trying to be a funnel, he nailed me again. 06:05.400 --> 06:17.920 Oh, and this time, he pushed back the ceiling and let the night in. 06:17.920 --> 06:20.960 It's easy to relax after a good beating. 06:20.960 --> 06:23.440 You just bleed a little and grow weak. 06:23.440 --> 06:28.120 When someone tries to shake you out of it, it's like trying to sober a drunk that got 06:28.120 --> 06:30.120 mold on cleaning fluid. 06:30.120 --> 06:31.120 Come on, Rick. 06:31.120 --> 06:32.120 Let's go. 06:32.120 --> 06:34.120 Snap out of it. 06:34.120 --> 06:35.120 Come on, kid. 06:35.120 --> 06:36.120 You're a mess. 06:36.120 --> 06:38.520 Oh, I'm stuck in the confetti. 06:38.520 --> 06:41.200 Oh, oh, yeah. 06:41.200 --> 06:43.640 We have a party or something? 06:43.640 --> 06:45.360 Yeah, it looks that way. 06:45.360 --> 06:46.360 Wake up. 06:46.360 --> 06:47.360 You're still running around with the squirrels. 06:47.360 --> 06:48.360 Oh, oh, my. 06:48.360 --> 06:51.040 Take a look at that bed, Walt. 06:51.040 --> 06:53.600 If I appear untidy, it makes up for things. 06:53.600 --> 06:54.920 We cleaned it off. 06:54.920 --> 06:55.920 Try and sit up. 06:55.920 --> 06:57.560 The ambulance will be here in a minute. 06:57.560 --> 06:59.400 Oh, give me a bat, will you? 06:59.400 --> 07:02.520 If I can find the guy who crowned me, I'll give you another customer. 07:02.520 --> 07:05.120 We got him outside, but I can't say I blame him. 07:05.120 --> 07:06.120 Who you got? 07:06.120 --> 07:07.120 Caspery. 07:07.120 --> 07:08.640 He says you knocked off his wife. 07:08.640 --> 07:09.640 What? 07:09.640 --> 07:10.640 He called us. 07:10.640 --> 07:14.360 Said he came home, found the body and found you tiptoeing through the corpses. 07:14.360 --> 07:15.360 Yeah? 07:15.360 --> 07:18.840 Well, maybe he told you his wife came to see me today and gave out with a hundred bucks 07:18.840 --> 07:20.200 to protect her from him. 07:20.200 --> 07:22.240 No, as a matter of fact, he didn't. 07:22.240 --> 07:25.320 Well, then don't stand there on your swollen bunion, Walt. 07:25.320 --> 07:27.920 He's got me in line for a murder app and I don't like it. 07:27.920 --> 07:29.080 Don't blame you. 07:29.080 --> 07:31.080 Otis, bring in Mr. Caspery. 07:31.080 --> 07:32.080 Yeah, Lieutenant. 07:32.080 --> 07:33.080 Get in there, Caspery. 07:33.080 --> 07:34.080 OK, Sergeant. 07:34.080 --> 07:35.080 OK, take it easy. 07:35.080 --> 07:37.080 Here he is, Lieutenant. 07:37.080 --> 07:42.160 Caspery, Diamond here says he'll trade you a seat in the electric chair for his pushed-in 07:42.160 --> 07:43.160 face. 07:43.160 --> 07:44.160 I don't get it. 07:44.160 --> 07:45.160 Well, stick around, Phil. 07:45.160 --> 07:46.160 It'll catch up with you. 07:46.160 --> 07:47.160 Hold it a minute, Rick. 07:47.160 --> 07:49.800 I've had my face turned into an ad for taffy machines. 07:49.800 --> 07:50.800 I've got a right to gloat. 07:50.800 --> 07:52.240 Look, why the chitchat, Lieutenant? 07:52.240 --> 07:53.240 You got your killer? 07:53.240 --> 07:54.840 That's what Diamond thinks. 07:54.840 --> 07:56.720 He says you fit the job. 07:56.720 --> 07:57.720 He's a dirty liar. 07:57.720 --> 08:00.800 He says your wife retained him to protect her from you. 08:00.800 --> 08:01.800 For why? 08:01.800 --> 08:03.560 She found out you were robbing your partner. 08:03.560 --> 08:05.560 You made one try for her, but you missed. 08:05.560 --> 08:06.560 You graduated, Diamond. 08:06.560 --> 08:08.280 Now you're a filthy liar. 08:08.280 --> 08:10.160 All right, Rick, lay off. 08:10.160 --> 08:11.600 OK, but I'd like to play some more. 08:11.600 --> 08:12.600 I want some answers. 08:12.600 --> 08:13.800 Then why don't you ask his partner? 08:13.800 --> 08:15.080 You know him, Max Bruno. 08:15.080 --> 08:16.080 All right. 08:16.080 --> 08:23.640 Let's all go see Max Bruno. 08:23.640 --> 08:28.960 A prowl car on Park Avenue is as conspicuous as an outside shower at a girls' camp. 08:28.960 --> 08:32.860 A crowd of people watched Sergeant Otis hurt us into the back seat. 08:32.860 --> 08:36.000 Even if you aren't guilty, you'll feel like you've got the Chrysler building tucked away 08:36.000 --> 08:37.600 under your coat. 08:37.600 --> 08:42.400 I waved goodbye to a good-looking blonde with a poodle, and we took off for Bruno's office. 08:42.400 --> 08:47.680 There was an old building on Sixth Avenue, and a goner named Tony Garcia with a big bulge 08:47.680 --> 08:50.320 under his arm met us at the door. 08:50.320 --> 08:51.320 What is this, a convention? 08:51.320 --> 08:52.320 Hello, Tony. 08:52.320 --> 08:54.160 Tell Bruno I want to see him. 08:54.160 --> 08:55.840 The whole party or just you, Lieutenant? 08:55.840 --> 08:56.840 I'm enough. 08:56.840 --> 08:57.840 Sure. 08:57.840 --> 08:59.320 What's the matter, Caspar? 08:59.320 --> 09:00.320 You look sick. 09:00.320 --> 09:01.400 You get tagged for speeding? 09:01.400 --> 09:04.680 You can tell Max it looks like he built the frame just the right size. 09:04.680 --> 09:06.520 I don't think you know what you're talking about. 09:06.520 --> 09:08.080 Bro, stop playing Alice in Wonderland. 09:08.080 --> 09:09.080 We want to see Bruno. 09:09.080 --> 09:10.200 Now find out if he's in. 09:10.200 --> 09:11.680 We know how to turn a doorknob. 09:11.680 --> 09:12.680 Look out. 09:12.680 --> 09:13.680 Okay. 09:13.680 --> 09:15.680 Well, what is this? 09:15.680 --> 09:17.240 They wouldn't wait for an introduction. 09:17.240 --> 09:18.240 Hello, Max. 09:18.240 --> 09:19.680 What do you want, Levinson? 09:19.680 --> 09:21.520 A couple of questions. 09:21.520 --> 09:23.120 You in some kind of trouble, Caspar? 09:23.120 --> 09:24.120 What do you think? 09:24.120 --> 09:25.840 What are you getting rough with me for? 09:25.840 --> 09:27.120 Oh, are you dirty double-crossed? 09:27.120 --> 09:28.120 Shut up. 09:28.120 --> 09:29.480 Well, what's eating you, Diamond? 09:29.480 --> 09:31.000 Well, that's a good one. 09:31.000 --> 09:32.000 Now look. 09:32.000 --> 09:33.000 You look, Max. 09:33.000 --> 09:34.640 And you keep your mouth shut, Caspar. 09:34.640 --> 09:35.640 Not when I'm being framed. 09:35.640 --> 09:37.040 I'm going to yell my head off. 09:37.040 --> 09:38.040 Framed? 09:38.040 --> 09:39.520 Don't know nothing about it, huh, Max? 09:39.520 --> 09:41.560 I don't know what you're talking about. 09:41.560 --> 09:42.560 What is this? 09:42.560 --> 09:43.560 You framed me without killing. 09:43.560 --> 09:44.560 Killing? 09:44.560 --> 09:45.560 Don't come on with that bit. 09:45.560 --> 09:46.560 You know what I'm talking about. 09:46.560 --> 09:48.160 Take Caspar in the hall, Otis. 09:48.160 --> 09:49.160 Yes, sir. 09:49.160 --> 09:50.160 Come on, Caspar. 09:50.160 --> 09:51.160 I'll get you for this, Max. 09:51.160 --> 09:52.160 So help me. 09:52.160 --> 09:53.160 Come on, you. 09:53.160 --> 09:54.720 Will somebody tell me what's going on here? 09:54.720 --> 09:55.720 Fucking liar. 09:55.720 --> 09:58.960 I swear to you, if it's the last thing I do, I'll get... 09:58.960 --> 09:59.960 What's happened to him? 09:59.960 --> 10:01.400 Max, you don't know? 10:01.400 --> 10:03.200 How am I supposed to know? 10:03.200 --> 10:04.320 Guess? 10:04.320 --> 10:06.160 Somebody just killed his wife. 10:06.160 --> 10:07.160 Donnie. 10:07.160 --> 10:08.160 Yeah, boss? 10:08.160 --> 10:09.160 Wait in the hall. 10:09.160 --> 10:10.160 Yeah, boss. 10:10.160 --> 10:13.080 Caspar knocked off his wife, huh? 10:13.080 --> 10:17.760 Well, he didn't say it was Caspar. 10:17.760 --> 10:19.280 Look, Caspar is my partner. 10:19.280 --> 10:20.280 At least he was. 10:20.280 --> 10:21.280 You split? 10:21.280 --> 10:22.280 Yeah, a couple of days ago. 10:22.280 --> 10:23.280 Why? 10:23.280 --> 10:24.760 I've been checking for a couple of weeks. 10:24.760 --> 10:26.280 Caspar has been holding out on the take. 10:26.280 --> 10:28.240 How'd you find out? 10:28.240 --> 10:29.880 His wife called me and told me. 10:29.880 --> 10:30.880 Oh, really? 10:30.880 --> 10:33.680 I wonder why a wife would incriminate her husband like that. 10:33.680 --> 10:35.360 Yeah, she was scared, scared stiff. 10:35.360 --> 10:37.720 She found out what he was doing and he told her he'd kill her. 10:37.720 --> 10:39.720 So she didn't know what to do, she called me. 10:39.720 --> 10:41.560 You knew her pretty well, huh? 10:41.560 --> 10:42.700 Not too well. 10:42.700 --> 10:44.860 She figured I could give her protection. 10:44.860 --> 10:46.480 I told her to see you, Diamond. 10:46.480 --> 10:51.240 Well, now, that was very nice of you, but what did you do about Caspar here when you 10:51.240 --> 10:52.520 found out he was robbing you? 10:52.520 --> 10:55.120 Told him to get out, have the money back by tomorrow morning. 10:55.120 --> 10:57.240 You tell him his wife tipped you about him? 10:57.240 --> 10:58.240 Are you crazy? 10:58.240 --> 10:59.240 Of course not. 10:59.240 --> 11:02.280 Said I'd been checking on him for a long time, but the books didn't tally. 11:02.280 --> 11:03.400 And what did he say? 11:03.400 --> 11:04.400 He said he didn't do it. 11:04.400 --> 11:06.320 What'd you expect him to say? 11:06.320 --> 11:08.600 Well, are your books short? 11:08.600 --> 11:10.280 Two hundred thousand worth. 11:10.280 --> 11:13.280 Okay, Max, we'll be talking to you. 11:13.280 --> 11:14.280 Wife's dead, huh? 11:14.280 --> 11:16.160 About as dead as she can get. 11:16.160 --> 11:17.160 See you around. 11:17.160 --> 11:18.160 Yeah, yeah. 11:18.160 --> 11:25.560 Okay, so he told you how I'd been robbing the till. 11:25.560 --> 11:26.560 Yeah, he did. 11:26.560 --> 11:27.560 Well, let's go. 11:27.560 --> 11:28.560 What's the matter, Caspar? 11:28.560 --> 11:29.560 You give it up? 11:29.560 --> 11:30.560 I'm framed. 11:30.560 --> 11:31.560 That's it, let's go. 11:31.560 --> 11:33.400 Oh, by the way, what did you do with the murder weapon? 11:33.400 --> 11:36.440 Don't be surprised if you wake up some morning and find it sticking in your back. 11:36.440 --> 11:37.440 Get him out of here, Otis. 11:37.440 --> 11:39.720 Come on, you, come on. 11:39.720 --> 11:43.280 Well, well, Levinson did it again. 11:43.280 --> 11:44.280 Suspect in custody. 11:44.280 --> 11:46.280 What do you do for an encore? 11:46.280 --> 11:47.280 Sleep? 11:47.280 --> 11:49.520 You want me to drop you off in emergency? 11:49.520 --> 11:51.000 You could use a new face. 11:51.000 --> 11:54.000 No, I'll grab a cab and go to the apartment and clean up. 11:54.000 --> 11:55.400 Got to see Helen later. 11:55.400 --> 11:57.640 Okay, but stay off the streets. 11:57.640 --> 11:59.800 Somebody's liable to think you're dead and bury you. 11:59.800 --> 12:01.240 Oh, that's a good one. 12:01.240 --> 12:02.240 Good night. 12:02.240 --> 12:03.240 Good night. 12:03.240 --> 12:07.680 Hey, Cappy. 12:07.680 --> 12:09.680 Yeah? 12:09.680 --> 12:12.480 Where to, Mac? 12:12.480 --> 12:13.480 Holy yike. 12:13.480 --> 12:14.480 What's the matter? 12:14.480 --> 12:15.480 Don't scare me like that. 12:15.480 --> 12:16.480 I got a nervous stomach. 12:16.480 --> 12:21.160 Boy, they could sell your face for 60 cents a pound. 12:21.160 --> 12:23.400 Okay, so good housekeeping shuns me. 12:23.400 --> 12:25.920 553 East 50 First and step on it. 12:25.920 --> 12:28.800 What are you rolling the window down for? 12:28.800 --> 12:35.800 I want to see if it's still bleeding out. 12:35.800 --> 12:39.920 35 cents. 12:39.920 --> 12:47.760 Here you are. 12:47.760 --> 12:50.760 Thanks. 12:50.760 --> 12:58.720 Let's stick a ride instead. 12:58.720 --> 12:59.720 Don't move. 12:59.720 --> 13:00.720 Hey, what's going on? 13:00.720 --> 13:03.120 I told you we're going to take a ride. 13:03.120 --> 13:07.720 The gun in my back, I don't recognize, but you should have worn your other head, Tony. 13:07.720 --> 13:08.720 Move. 13:08.720 --> 13:09.720 Okay, okay. 13:09.720 --> 13:10.720 What's the matter? 13:10.720 --> 13:15.280 Doesn't Max give you enough to eat? 13:15.280 --> 13:17.040 That's because I don't think you're funny. 13:17.040 --> 13:19.000 All right, all right. 13:19.000 --> 13:21.720 You're Tony Garcia and you make people bleed. 13:21.720 --> 13:23.600 Right, boy. 13:23.600 --> 13:24.600 Hold it. 13:24.600 --> 13:27.440 Now get in the car. 13:27.440 --> 13:29.040 You're bending the suit. 13:29.040 --> 13:31.520 Get in. 13:31.520 --> 13:32.520 You drive. 13:32.520 --> 13:36.000 Okay, but I'm a better pedestrian. 13:36.000 --> 13:37.000 Where to? 13:37.000 --> 13:38.000 Washington Bridge. 13:38.000 --> 13:39.760 I don't swim any better than I drive. 13:39.760 --> 13:40.760 You won't have to. 13:40.760 --> 13:44.720 You're out for a high dive and get going. 13:44.720 --> 13:52.840 Come on, come on, hurry it up. 13:52.840 --> 13:54.800 I thought we were going to a funeral. 13:54.800 --> 13:56.560 That's a good one. 13:56.560 --> 13:57.800 What's it all about, Tony? 13:57.800 --> 13:58.800 Don't get nosy. 13:58.800 --> 13:59.800 Enjoy the ride. 13:59.800 --> 14:10.080 It's a new car. 14:10.080 --> 14:12.000 We rode like that. 14:12.000 --> 14:17.120 Tony sitting half turned with a big 45 in his fist pointing right at my stomach. 14:17.120 --> 14:21.840 I drove south across town trying to figure it out. 14:21.840 --> 14:24.920 Max Bruno's killer getting ready for a job. 14:24.920 --> 14:25.920 Why? 14:25.920 --> 14:26.920 Why me? 14:26.920 --> 14:30.080 What did I know that could get Max Bruno in trouble? 14:30.080 --> 14:32.600 Turn here. 14:32.600 --> 14:36.000 I turned and the Washington Bridge wasn't far away. 14:36.000 --> 14:43.040 I could see it stretched out across the river like a long coffin lined with bright candles. 14:43.040 --> 14:47.040 I eased down on the accelerator and by the time we reached the bridge I was doing a good 14:47.040 --> 14:48.040 60. 14:48.040 --> 14:49.040 Slow down. 14:49.040 --> 14:50.040 We were near the toll gate. 14:50.040 --> 14:54.480 I took my foot off the accelerator and then jammed down on the brakes as hard as I could. 14:54.480 --> 15:16.040 Before we continue with Richard Diamond, private detective, here are a few words about smoking 15:16.040 --> 15:17.040 enjoyment. 15:17.040 --> 15:22.000 You know, smoking is a day in, day out pleasure. 15:22.000 --> 15:26.840 We like each cigarette to taste as good as the one before and we like the cigarette we 15:26.840 --> 15:32.560 smoke to be mild, to get along with our throats for a good long time. 15:32.560 --> 15:38.820 So it's good sense to test a cigarette over a period of time, not just a puff of this 15:38.820 --> 15:41.040 cigarette or a sniff of that. 15:41.040 --> 15:45.320 Yes, make the sensible cigarette test, the thorough test. 15:45.320 --> 15:50.940 Smoke only camels for 30 days as you normally smoke and you'll see how rich and flavorful 15:50.940 --> 15:53.560 camels are pack after pack. 15:53.560 --> 15:56.880 You'll see how mild camels are week after week. 15:56.880 --> 16:02.920 In a coast to coast test of hundreds of people who smoked only camels for 30 days, noted 16:02.920 --> 16:10.560 throat specialist reported not one single case of throat irritation due to smoking camels. 16:10.560 --> 16:14.000 That's real proof of cigarette mildness. 16:14.000 --> 16:20.600 Make your own camel 30 day test, the sensible test and see for yourself why more people 16:20.600 --> 16:24.760 smoke camels than any other cigarette. 16:24.760 --> 16:31.520 How mild, how mild, how mild, how mild can a cigarette be? 16:31.520 --> 16:42.320 Make the camel 30 day test and you'll see, smoke camels and see. 16:42.320 --> 16:58.720 Now back to Richard Diamond, Private Detective starring Dick Powell. 16:58.720 --> 17:01.400 We had hit the bridge railing and stopped cold. 17:01.400 --> 17:03.800 The steering wheel had caught me in the stomach. 17:03.800 --> 17:06.120 I opened my mouth to make my lungs work. 17:06.120 --> 17:10.040 It was like sucking air through a bent straw. 17:10.040 --> 17:15.520 I didn't know how long I sat there before I finally made it, but a slow dripping sound 17:15.520 --> 17:18.720 made me remember Tony and look over. 17:18.720 --> 17:24.240 He was halfway through the windshield and the dripping wasn't a broken radiator. 17:24.240 --> 17:31.920 His life was running out all over the hood. 17:31.920 --> 17:34.920 I got out of the car before the guards got to it. 17:34.920 --> 17:38.600 I had to have time to figure the whole thing out and I didn't want to hang around for a 17:38.600 --> 17:40.960 lot of long explanations. 17:40.960 --> 17:46.080 I walked until I lost the crowd that was collecting me. 17:46.080 --> 17:51.040 I took in long breaths of fresh air until my head cleared, then spotted an empty cab 17:51.040 --> 17:56.280 heading back to town, flagged it, gave the cabbie the address of the rooftop club. 17:56.280 --> 18:00.840 I needed answers and the best person to give them to me was Max Bruno. 18:00.840 --> 18:08.600 Late edition, get your late edition here, read all about it, read all about the Caspery 18:08.600 --> 18:09.600 murder. 18:09.600 --> 18:13.040 Woman found dead in her apartment, husband held for murder. 18:13.040 --> 18:14.880 Hey boy, boy, paper. 18:14.880 --> 18:15.880 Yes sir. 18:15.880 --> 18:18.560 Gee, what happened to your face? 18:18.560 --> 18:20.000 I shaved with a rake. 18:20.000 --> 18:21.000 Yeah? 18:21.000 --> 18:22.000 Gee, that's pretty funny. 18:22.000 --> 18:23.000 Holy. 18:23.000 --> 18:24.000 What's the matter? 18:24.000 --> 18:25.000 This picture. 18:25.000 --> 18:27.560 That's the name was knocked off tonight. 18:27.560 --> 18:28.560 Caspery name. 18:28.560 --> 18:29.560 Oh, so that's it. 18:29.560 --> 18:30.560 Huh? 18:30.560 --> 18:31.560 Well, good luck. 18:31.560 --> 18:32.560 Thanks. 18:32.560 --> 18:33.560 Wow. 18:33.560 --> 18:34.560 Take my advice, mister. 18:34.560 --> 18:49.760 See your analysts, you'll get rid of them bells. 18:49.760 --> 18:51.160 Homicide Lieutenant Levinson. 18:51.160 --> 18:54.160 Walt, did you get to 415 at the George Washington Bridge? 18:54.160 --> 18:58.520 Yeah, about 10 minutes ago, Tony Garcia ran into the bridge railing. 18:58.520 --> 18:59.520 Some other guy with him. 18:59.520 --> 19:00.960 How'd you hear about it, Rick? 19:00.960 --> 19:02.480 Well, I was the other guy. 19:02.480 --> 19:03.480 What? 19:03.480 --> 19:05.480 Yeah, Tony was going to show me the bottom of the river. 19:05.480 --> 19:06.480 Are you nuts? 19:06.480 --> 19:07.480 Not at all, no. 19:07.480 --> 19:09.040 And have you seen the evening papers? 19:09.040 --> 19:10.040 No. 19:10.040 --> 19:12.720 Well, there's a picture of Mrs. Caspery on the front page. 19:12.720 --> 19:13.720 So what? 19:13.720 --> 19:18.000 Well, so this, the girl in the picture isn't the same girl who came into my office this 19:18.000 --> 19:19.000 afternoon. 19:19.000 --> 19:20.000 Who was she? 19:20.000 --> 19:21.000 I don't know. 19:21.000 --> 19:22.000 Now wait a minute, Rick. 19:22.000 --> 19:23.960 Walt, well, now, now, now, don't you get it? 19:23.960 --> 19:26.120 That's why Tony was supposed to gun me tonight. 19:26.120 --> 19:27.800 No, I don't get it. 19:27.800 --> 19:31.600 Well, Walt, somebody wanted to frame Phil Caspery. 19:31.600 --> 19:35.160 They sent a girl to my office posing as Mrs. Caspery. 19:35.160 --> 19:38.480 So I'd swear she suspected that Phil was going to kill her. 19:38.480 --> 19:41.920 When I found the wife dead, she was cut up so bad, I couldn't tell the difference. 19:41.920 --> 19:43.680 Well, then why kill you? 19:43.680 --> 19:45.760 To prevent what's just happened. 19:45.760 --> 19:47.920 Get me out of the way before I saw the evening papers. 19:47.920 --> 19:51.440 Then Max Bruno was lying about Caspery taking the money. 19:51.440 --> 19:52.440 Sure. 19:52.440 --> 19:56.360 There had to be a motive, so he cooked up the story about Mrs. Caspery calling him and 19:56.360 --> 19:58.080 telling him about Phil and the money. 19:58.080 --> 19:59.600 And Bruno's our man. 19:59.600 --> 20:01.480 Oh, Walt, you're such a good boy. 20:01.480 --> 20:20.960 I knew you'd get it. 20:20.960 --> 20:21.960 Check your hat, sir. 20:21.960 --> 20:24.880 Maybe I'd better throw it in the door first. 20:24.880 --> 20:25.880 Give me a pack of camels. 20:25.880 --> 20:27.320 Yes, sir. 20:27.320 --> 20:28.920 Who's running the place for Mr. Bruno? 20:28.920 --> 20:31.360 Mr. Caspery, but he isn't in yet. 20:31.360 --> 20:33.160 Well, it depends on what you're talking about. 20:33.160 --> 20:34.160 How's the floor show? 20:34.160 --> 20:37.640 It's all right if you've got an imagination. 20:37.640 --> 20:39.400 You know, you better keep moving. 20:39.400 --> 20:40.880 You'll catch cold in that getup. 20:40.880 --> 20:42.440 Oh, well, don't let it fool you. 20:42.440 --> 20:48.920 The bustle's really a hot water bottle. 20:48.920 --> 20:50.920 I went in and sat at the bar. 20:50.920 --> 20:54.880 The dance floor was in the other room, but you could see it through the long glass windows. 20:54.880 --> 21:08.400 I was sitting there trying to figure my next move, and the floor show started. 21:08.400 --> 21:20.480 The usual inacuties came out. 21:20.480 --> 21:22.560 The hat check girl was wrong. 21:22.560 --> 21:25.040 You didn't need an imagination. 21:25.040 --> 21:28.360 They were wearing just enough to make a bathing suit look like a sleeping bag. 21:28.360 --> 21:33.540 They tripped over each other getting off, and the lights went dim, and a white spot 21:33.540 --> 21:35.660 circled the piano. 21:35.660 --> 21:39.040 She came out in a green satin evening gown. 21:39.040 --> 21:49.840 I've seen grapes with looser skins. 21:49.840 --> 21:51.960 She knew what time it was. 21:51.960 --> 21:54.040 She was pretty good, too. 21:54.040 --> 21:59.280 What she was better this afternoon in my office when she told me she was Mrs. Caspery. 21:59.280 --> 22:02.960 I got up and went back to the hat check girl with a warm bustle. 22:02.960 --> 22:03.960 Maybe you need a shot. 22:03.960 --> 22:06.800 Even the old ones stick around for the last show. 22:06.800 --> 22:09.440 Honey, where can I find that singer's dressing room? 22:09.440 --> 22:11.680 I thought you looked healthy. 22:11.680 --> 22:14.200 Uh-uh, Mr. Bruno wouldn't like it. 22:14.200 --> 22:17.160 Well, maybe we don't let Mr. Bruno in on it. 22:17.160 --> 22:19.440 Oh, 10 bucks. 22:19.440 --> 22:25.000 I'll have to shove bamboo under my nails before I talk. 22:25.000 --> 22:27.440 She told me how to find the singer's dressing room. 22:27.440 --> 22:30.240 I thanked her and gave her a pat on the... 22:30.240 --> 22:35.280 You know, it was a hot water bottle. 22:35.280 --> 22:38.880 I walked with the bar again and listened while she poured it on. 22:38.880 --> 22:43.700 I've heard singers with better voices, but this one had the difference. 22:43.700 --> 22:48.840 She went into the last few bars, and I headed for her dressing room. 22:48.840 --> 22:51.280 I wanted to get there before she did. 22:51.280 --> 22:56.600 And unless that green satin gown was a breakaway, she didn't figure for an encore. 22:56.600 --> 22:58.360 I got in and sat down to wait. 22:58.360 --> 23:01.280 It was a quick minute before she showed up. 23:01.280 --> 23:04.880 Oh, shut up. 23:04.880 --> 23:05.880 You're flat. 23:05.880 --> 23:06.880 Oh! 23:06.880 --> 23:07.880 You get out of here. 23:07.880 --> 23:08.880 Go on, get out. 23:08.880 --> 23:09.880 Now, relax, baby. 23:09.880 --> 23:10.880 I got something to say. 23:10.880 --> 23:12.840 You want to listen or you want to get shoved around? 23:12.840 --> 23:13.840 You just try it. 23:13.840 --> 23:16.760 I'll get some of Max's boys to let the air out of your muscles. 23:16.760 --> 23:18.560 Open your mouth and you'll be tripping on your teeth. 23:18.560 --> 23:19.560 I... 23:19.560 --> 23:20.560 Get away from that door and sit down. 23:20.560 --> 23:23.160 Not until you get your eyes full of fingernails. 23:23.160 --> 23:24.160 You little... 23:24.160 --> 23:26.440 Now, get this. 23:26.440 --> 23:30.720 I don't like marking up dames' complexions, but you're making it easy. 23:30.720 --> 23:32.560 Who sent you up to my office? 23:32.560 --> 23:33.560 Was it Max? 23:33.560 --> 23:35.080 Why don't you ask him? 23:35.080 --> 23:36.080 He's good at answers. 23:36.080 --> 23:37.600 Oh, so was his boy Tony. 23:37.600 --> 23:40.080 He got dead trying to figure it out. 23:40.080 --> 23:41.080 Maybe you'd like to guess. 23:41.080 --> 23:43.520 Wait a minute, Diamond. 23:43.520 --> 23:47.160 One scream from me and everybody in the joint will be in here on your back. 23:47.160 --> 23:48.160 Honey, honey. 23:48.160 --> 23:51.120 If you open your mouth, I'll shove your foot in it. 23:51.120 --> 23:52.120 Uh... 23:52.120 --> 23:53.120 If... 23:53.120 --> 23:56.280 If I tell you, do I get squared with the law? 23:56.280 --> 23:57.560 You're an accessory before the fact. 23:57.560 --> 23:59.160 I can only give you a head start. 23:59.160 --> 24:01.040 Just give me long enough to find a healthy climate. 24:01.040 --> 24:02.240 Now, you're killing time. 24:02.240 --> 24:03.240 Come on. 24:03.240 --> 24:05.400 I want to know who built you up to fit Mrs. Caspery. 24:05.400 --> 24:06.400 Was it Max Bruno? 24:06.400 --> 24:07.400 All right. 24:07.400 --> 24:09.120 It was Max. 24:09.120 --> 24:11.480 Phil found out he was holding out in the gambling take. 24:11.480 --> 24:15.320 So he dissolves the partnership by killing Mrs. Caspery, making Phil the patsy. 24:15.320 --> 24:16.320 Neat, huh? 24:16.320 --> 24:20.320 Yeah, like a sack full of brains. 24:20.320 --> 24:21.320 Go on. 24:21.320 --> 24:22.320 Answer it. 24:22.320 --> 24:23.320 Who is it? 24:23.320 --> 24:24.320 Open up, baby. 24:24.320 --> 24:25.320 It's me. 24:25.320 --> 24:26.320 Max, look out! 24:26.320 --> 24:27.320 Diamond's in here! 24:27.320 --> 24:31.320 Sorry, baby, but twice to make sure you have a punching bag. 24:31.320 --> 24:34.240 I didn't want to hit her, but it was the only way to keep her tongue in. 24:34.240 --> 24:38.360 She dropped like a wet wash in an earthquake, and I jumped for the door. 24:38.360 --> 24:39.520 Max was halfway down the hall. 24:39.520 --> 24:42.200 He had a gun in his hand, and he used it. 24:42.200 --> 24:46.240 The slug tore up the wall by my ear, and before I could try my luck, he was around the corner. 24:46.240 --> 24:51.200 I thought about the hole his luger had made, and I wondered why I was still chasing him. 24:51.200 --> 24:54.200 I turned the corner and found myself in the bandstand. 24:54.200 --> 25:00.760 Max turned fast and tried again. 25:00.760 --> 25:03.640 I was across the crowd to dance for him, and the panic rusted loose. 25:03.640 --> 25:05.080 What's going on here? 25:05.080 --> 25:08.560 I shoved aside a drunk who thought it was the Fourth of July and went to the bar like 25:08.560 --> 25:09.560 I needed the exercise. 25:09.560 --> 25:10.560 That man's got a gun! 25:10.560 --> 25:11.560 Roll on your own, baby. 25:11.560 --> 25:16.880 Max was nearly to the front door when he turned around for another shot at me. 25:16.880 --> 25:21.120 He didn't see the little hat-check girl standing behind me with her arms full of coats. 25:21.120 --> 25:24.440 He backed right into her, and they both went down together. 25:24.440 --> 25:28.000 Max stumbled up, tangled, and on a sordid wardrobe. 25:28.000 --> 25:32.680 He squeezed first, but he was wearing too many coats, and he missed again. 25:32.680 --> 25:34.640 I didn't miss. 25:34.640 --> 25:39.040 Max doubled up like a tired ice bag and got himself a face full of carpet. 25:39.040 --> 25:41.080 He was pretty dead. 25:41.080 --> 25:45.880 The hat-check girl looked at me for a minute and leaned over to Max. 25:45.880 --> 25:49.440 She said something that endeared her to me forever. 25:49.440 --> 26:01.160 Check your gun, Mr. Bruno. 26:01.160 --> 26:03.760 Dick Powell will return in just a minute. 26:03.760 --> 26:06.540 What cigarette do you smoke, doctor? 26:06.540 --> 26:10.520 That question was asked of doctors in every branch of medicine. 26:10.520 --> 26:12.360 Doctors in all parts of the country. 26:12.360 --> 26:16.320 In repeated surveys, the brand named most is Camel. 26:16.320 --> 26:24.200 Yes, according to these surveys, more doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette. 26:24.200 --> 26:29.480 Camels' costly tobaccos are properly aged and expertly blended for your smoking enjoyment. 26:29.480 --> 26:35.720 Make the sensible cigarette test the 30-day Camel test and see how enjoyable a cigarette 26:35.720 --> 26:36.820 can be. 26:36.820 --> 26:42.920 See for yourself why people say, once a Camel smoker, always a Camel smoker. 26:42.920 --> 26:49.920 How mild, how mild, how mild, how mild can a cigarette be? 26:49.920 --> 26:54.800 Make the Camel 30-day test and you'll see. 26:54.800 --> 26:57.240 Smoke Camels and see. 26:57.240 --> 26:59.880 Here's Dick Powell with a special message. 26:59.880 --> 27:00.880 Thank you. 27:00.880 --> 27:05.360 You know, it's a pleasure for me to make this weekly announcement, ladies and gentlemen, 27:05.360 --> 27:10.720 because each week the makers of Camels send gift cigarettes to a most deserving group 27:10.720 --> 27:15.040 of people, servicemen and veterans who are hospitalized. 27:15.040 --> 27:21.640 This week's Camels go to Veterans Hospitals, Fargo, North Dakota, and Alexandria, Louisiana. 27:21.640 --> 27:26.080 U.S. Air Force Hospital, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. 27:26.080 --> 27:30.000 U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, California. 27:30.000 --> 27:33.960 Now until next week, enjoy Camels. 27:33.960 --> 27:34.960 I always do. 27:34.960 --> 27:41.640 How mild, how mild, how mild, how mild can a cigarette be? 27:41.640 --> 27:46.200 Make the Camel 30-day test and you'll see. 27:46.200 --> 28:15.000 Smoke Camels and see. 28:15.000 --> 28:19.200 Tonight's Adventure of Richard Diamond, starring Dick Powell, was written by Blake Edwards 28:19.200 --> 28:21.120 with music by Frank Worth. 28:21.120 --> 28:23.520 Our director is Helen Mack. 28:23.520 --> 28:32.800 Featured in tonight's cast were Virginia Greig, Arthur Q. Bryan, and Wilms Herbert. 28:32.800 --> 28:41.800 Men, whether you buy the handy pocket tin or the big one-pound tin of Prince Albert, 28:41.800 --> 28:44.160 you're in for real smoking joy. 28:44.160 --> 28:48.920 PA's Choice Tobacco has a rich taste and delightful natural aroma. 28:48.920 --> 28:54.080 It's specially treated to ensure against tongue bite, and it's crimp cut for smooth, even, 28:54.080 --> 28:55.840 cool smoking. 28:55.840 --> 29:10.760 Yet Prince Albert, the national joy smoke, America's largest selling smoking tobacco. 29:10.760 --> 29:17.200 Until next week, for another exciting transcribed adventure of Richard Diamond, starring Dick 29:17.200 --> 29:19.100 Powell. 29:19.100 --> 29:20.220 This is your FBI. 29:20.220 --> 29:23.680 The official broadcast from the files of the FBI follows immediately. 29:23.680 --> 29:24.800 Stay tuned. 29:24.800 --> 29:26.720 This program came to you from Hollywood. 29:26.720 --> 29:42.160 This is the American Broadcasting Company.